{{Short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = LeAnna Pittman Burch | education = Hendrix College<br>University of Memphis School of Law<br>The Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School | service_years = 1986-1998 | rank = Brigadier General | branch = United States Army | state_house = Arkansas | district = 9th | successor = Howard Beaty | predecessor = Sheilla Lampkin | term_end = January 2020 | term_start = November 2016 | party = Democratic Party }} '''LeAnne Pittman Burch''' is a lawyer, politician, and retired brigadier general in Arkansas.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OvacEAAAQBAJ&dq=LeAnne+Burch&pg=PA171|title=Stateswomen: A Centennial History of Arkansas Women Legislators, 1922-2022|first1=Lindsley Armstrong|last1=Smith|first2=Stephen A.|last2=Smith|date=November 16, 2022|publisher=University of Arkansas Press|isbn=978-1-68226-216-0 |via=Google Books}}</ref> She served in the Arkansas House of Representatives from 2016-2020. She was preceded in office by Sheilla Lampkin. Burch served as the House Minority Whip in Ninety-second General Assembly.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=LeAnne Pittman Burch (1960–) |url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/leanne-pittman-burch-12070/ |access-date=2026-02-12 |website=Encyclopedia of Arkansas |language=en-US}}</ref> She was succeeded in office by Howard Beaty. She is a Democrat.
She was born in Stuttgart, Arkansas and graduated from DeWitt High School.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usar.army.mil/Leadership/Article-View/Article/587297/brigadier-general-leanne-pittman-burch/https://www.usar.army.mil/Leadership/Article-View/Article/587297/brigadier-general-leanne-pittman-burch/|title=Brigadier General LeAnne Pittman Burch|website=U.S. Army Reserve}}{{dead link|date=April 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
She served in the Active Army for 12 years and in the Army Reserves for 18 years. Her service included tours of duty in Germany, Bosnia, and Afghanistan.
She graduated from Hendrix College, University of Memphis School of Law, and The Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/LeAnne_Burch|title=LeAnne Burch|website=Ballotpedia}}</ref><ref name=":0" />
She currently resides in Monticello, Arkansas. She is Methodist.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Legislators/Detail|title=Representative LeAnne Burch (D)|website=www.arkleg.state.ar.us}}</ref>
==See also== *91st Arkansas General Assembly *92nd Arkansas General Assembly
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